Technical Author / CAD Engineer

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Job description

About us:

We undertake the role of Main/Principal Contractor within the Water, Industrial, MOD, and Power Sectors. This includes all aspects of New Build, Refurbishment, Civil Engineering and MEICA Projects.

We believe our biggest asset is our personnel. With extensive experience within these areas of construction between the Directors, we aim to be pivotal in galvanising the design teams, subcontractors, and supply chain to ensure each project is carried out safely, within programme, to budget and of the highest quality. We pride ourselves on our integrity, competency, transparency and openness with clients and supply chain

We require somebody with demonstrable experience in the duties required to produce accurate Operating & Maintenance manuals and upload asset data to clients portals for a range of plant and equipment. The candidate should also be proficient in 2D CAD and be able to update drawings as this role is supporting our design department requirements.

Working under the supervision of the Design Manager and closely with Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Project Engineers in the updating and generation of process diagrams, electrical diagrams, and mechanical equipment layouts.

The candidate will ideally have the following attributes:

Excellent written and spoken English skills

Strong working knowledge of MS Office, Adobe FrameMaker or similar

Knowledge of graphic design, digital photo editing, illustration or similar

Technical writing capability and able to understand the process of product development

Ability to carry out research and analyse complex, detailed information

Ability to follow procedures and company guidelines to high standards

Excellent attention to detail, ability to fault find and correct issues in documentation

Excellent proof-reading skills

Capability to communicate on an in-depth technical level

High levels of accuracy

A good understanding of manufacturing and design practises and their processes

Excellent presentation skills

Adherence to deadlines, methodical thinking

Flexible manner to adopt new challenges and input from peers and colleagues

Self-driven for progressive and continued learning and development

Keen to accept responsibility and accountability

Committed to achieving project and company goals

Duties & Responsibilities:

Concept and detailed design of new Plant and Equipment

Creation of technical specifications / documentation for the selection and development of equipment

Working to product design standards

Working to departmental design procedures

Provide internal technical product support

Produce full and detailed Operating & Maintenance Manuals for equipment, both new and existing.

Monitor all standard equipment and update the O&M Manual with any changes made to these.

Liaise with other departments to gather all information, drawings, parts lists etc required to produce the manuals.

Collate any 3rd party information required for use in manuals - operating instructions, certificates, diagrams etc.

Ensure that the manual filing structure is kept up to date and any manuals can be accessed by relevant staff as required.

Assist the project design and delivery department with other duties as required

Collecting and uploading plant and equipment Asset data to client s portals

Project presentations

Essential Skills & Experience:

Demonstrated CAD Experience

Ability to effectively present design solutions

Self-disciplined approach to achieve engineering deadlines and objectives

Problem solving, both as part of a team and individually

Strong written communication skills

Qualifications:

Experience or qualification within the water industry an advantage

Experience: Technical Aurthor

1 year (preferred)